{"id":86576,"date":"2016-02-26T13:30:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T11:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86576"},"modified":"2016-02-26T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T11:51:07","slug":"alan-wakes-return-is-trademarked-a-sequel-perhaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/86576-alan-wakes-return-is-trademarked-a-sequel-perhaps","title":{"rendered":"Alan Wake&#8217;s Return is trademarked: a sequel perhaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve heard rumblings of an <em>Alan Wake 2 <\/em>for a little while now, having even seen some <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/74498-alan-wake-2-was-in-development-heres-the-prototype-footage.html\" target=\"_blank\">footage from a prototype build<\/a> last April, but there\u2019s no doubt that for the moment Remedy Entertainment and Microsoft are more focussed on <em>Quantum Break<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perhaps for that reason that so many of us have let <em>Alan Wake 2<\/em> fall by the way side, giving the highly anticipated <em>Quantum Break<\/em> most of our attention.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, someone has stumbled upon a trademark application for one \u2018Alan Wake\u2019s Return\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86578\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Alan-Wakes-Return-Alan-Wake-2-Trademark.png\" alt=\"Alan Wake's Return - Alan Wake 2\" width=\"935\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Alan-Wakes-Return-Alan-Wake-2-Trademark.png 935w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Alan-Wakes-Return-Alan-Wake-2-Trademark-768x315.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Presumably a sequel to the original <em>Alan Wake<\/em>, <em>Alan Wake\u2019s Return <\/em>also has an internet domain registered: <a href=\"http:\/\/alanwakereturns.com\/\">http:\/\/alanwakereturns.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=1189925\" target=\"_blank\">NeoGAF member<\/a> who discovered the domain, the page does seem to be registered through the same group as the official Alan Wake page.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most importantly is that at the end of <em>Alan Wake\u2019s<\/em> second DLC, entitled \u2018The Writer\u2019, Alan Wake is seen writing a sequel to his last book, and he\u2019s calling this one \u2018Return\u2019.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In other news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/86562-takealot-offering-epic-unboxed-deals-and-gaming-discounts.html\">Takealot offering epic Unboxed Deals and gaming discounts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/86560-this-weeks-best-gaming-deals-78.html\">This week\u2019s best gaming deals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/86546-uncharted-4-trailer-borrows-assassins-creed-artwork.html\">Uncharted 4 trailer \u201cborrows\u201d Assassin\u2019s Creed artwork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone has stumbled upon a trademark application for one \u2018Alan Wake\u2019s Return\u2019, a sequel we&#8217;d presume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":86580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4955,17354,91,1969,1671,773,10266],"class_list":["post-86576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-alan-wake-2","tag-alan-wakes-return","tag-microsoft","tag-news-2","tag-remedy-entertainment","tag-rumour","tag-trademark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}